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Kingston, Jamaica, 30 June 2026A registered land title is, on paper, just a document. In practice, it is the difference…
Kingston, Jamaica, 28 June 2026American homeowners are sitting on record equity. In the first quarter of 2026, homeowners in the…
Kingston, Jamaica, 28 June 2026A new federal tax on international money transfers is now in effect in the United States,…
Diaspora focused conferences are putting untitled family land at the centre of the conversation, framing title regularisation as the first step toward real generational wealth.
Record cement sales, a 40,000-unit NHT pipeline, $542 million in remittances, and billions in road infrastructure sit alongside a 5.9 per cent economic contraction and cautious buyers. What is Jamaica’s property market actually telling us in mid-2026?
A fall on private land while picking fruit highlights the legal grey area between informal land access traditions and the formal boundaries of modern Jamaican property ownership.
Prime Minister Holness’s message at the Malvern housing handover, build within your means on land that won’t flood, captures how generational wealth is actually built in Jamaica, and why land title matters more than ever after Hurricane Melissa.
The Government is encouraging Jamaicans living overseas to invest more heavily in Jamaica’s growing housing market, arguing that increased diaspora…
Jamaica’s property market is not dead. It is changing shape.The headline numbers still show strong activity: MLS data reported approximately…
Britain’s housing crisis has become one of the defining economic and social issues of the modern era. House prices remain…
The Growing Battle Between Tourism Development and Public Beach AccessAcross the Caribbean, a quiet battle is unfolding along some of…
A growing legal battle over access to some of Jamaica’s most well-known beaches is drawing attention to a broader national…
For years, many property owners in Jamaica enjoyed a market that seemed almost unstoppable.Homes attracted multiple enquiries. Landowners could hold…
From Blessing the Land to Building WealthKINGSTON, Jamaica — In 1980, Jamaica’s economy was worth approximately US$2.6 billion. Most families…
For many people abroad, buying property in Jamaica begins as a dream.It starts with a photograph of a turquoise coastline,…